Fingerprint Recognition System on a Car
Back in engineering school, when the most feared takeover in the computer industry happened as Chinese PC maker Lenovo gobbled up IBM's computer division, Lenovo also introduced it's laptop range with fingerprint recognition. Back then was the oh-so-cool gizmo that had many of us raving over how cool could laptops really get.
Half a decade later, here is an Indian student who has shoehorned this very system on a motorcycle, thus improving safety many fold. Move over the AutoCops and the Xenos of the world as this indigenous system will work only with the fingerprints of the users authorized to use the vehicle. Sheetal Kumar Jain, a student of Sri Kalikamba Fabricators at Moodbidri,off Mangalore, fondly calls his device the "electrician".
While such systems already do exist for cars and motorcycle, Mr Jain's work is creditable as he has created the entire system out of discarded electrical and electronic equipment. Sheetal Kumar Jain explains how exactly his iteration of fingerprint recognition system works on a motorcycle.
The device has a memory chip which stores the fingerprints of chosen individuals who are authorised to operate the vehicle by the owner. The ignition switch turns on only the device which gives a beep. That is when the driver has to press his thumb. The memory chip is interfaced with the ignition circuit of the vehicle and a special switch provided to the circuitry of the device opens the vehicle circuitry which starts the vehicle. I have tried it on my motorcycle and it worked like a charm. Even when the battery was fully charged and the ignition switch on the bike did not start, but when I pressed my fingerprint on the device, the engine came alive.
Source: indiancarsbikes.in
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